2012 Workshop Schedule
I’ve received several e-mails asking about next year’s workshop schedule. Realizing that my workshop page was not as easy to access as I had imagined (I changed the links location in the menu bar and have now made it more prominent.) I thought I would also highlight the current list of workshops I have running [...]
Angkor Photo Workshop and the Fruits of our Labour
“Hannibal” Smith in the 1980′s TV series, “The A-Team” used to say “I love it when a plan comes together”. All I need is a cigar in the side of my mouth and I could be Hannibal Smith today because the Angkor Photo Workshop did just that, it came together – perfectly. Sunday was the [...]
Angkor Photo Workshop
I am currently in one of the most amazing places on the planet, Seim Reap, Cambodia, the home of Angkor Wat. I am staying at the wonderful FCC hotel – classic French colonial mansion restored to make a comfortable, classic and luxurious place to stay. But, as with so many of the places I travel [...]
Wallpaper: June 2011
Download your I think you will enjoy this wallpaper this month. It is one of my favorites. This was shot in Shigatse, Tibet’s second largest city at a monastery called Tashilhunpo. These workshops are really a joy to run and I as you can see below our participants really feel they get their money’s [...]
Two Cameras vs One
photo by Nathan Watkins I never thought I would write a blog post on the use of two cameras. To me it is a no brainer, two are better than one. For many of you , it is the same. Some of you will not have thought about it, as I found out this past [...]
New Angkor Wat, Cambodia Workshop
Just quick FYI about a new workshop opportunity. Karl Grobl, one of the most prolific humanitarian photographers out there, has put together what has been called by one tweeter a “dream team” led workshop. I don’t know about it being a “dream team” but there are some very talented photographers converging at Angkor Wat in July [...]
The Mundane
There are several things taking my time up lately and most of them are rather mundane. I’m spending a lot of time keywording photographs. For some of you, this is not very important, all you need to do is keyword an image so you can find it quickly in your library. However, for many of [...]
Multimedia: The Camel Market of Cairo
Over this past two weeks of reconnoitering for an Oct 2011, Cairo/Nile photo workshop I was able to see and visit some amazing places. Places, that if I didn’t have the job that I have, I might say were once in a lifetime kind of places. Last Friday was once such place. My ever gracious [...]
Go with the flow, or in this case the light.
(Click on the image to view it larger.) Here is a lesson; hold on to ideas and concepts your shooting lightly and let things happen naturally. Go with the flow. One of the hardest things to photograph is an icon. Something that everyone knows and everyone has photographed. So how to you do it? Honestly… [...]
Egypt: Aswan Nubian Village
We travel in 52c (125º) heat, across the Nile and reached an isolated Nubian village visited by few foreigners. It was like nothing I have ever seen. The walls of the home where bright blue, deep red and mustered yellow. The people, the most friendly we have met in Egypt and the light was perfect; [...]
Guest Blog: Marco Ryan
I’m going to go down a bit of a rat hole. I’m even going to give it a name: value. You’ll already be wondering why a post that begins “I’m going down a bit of a rat hole” might have anything to do with Focus for Humanity – a newly launched foundation aimed at giving [...]
Depth of Field: Marco Ryan
Marco Ryan was born in the UK, but now lives in Cairo, Egypt with his wife and young family. His professional career as an eCommerce Strategist, Digital Marketing expert and speaker is covered on his work blog, marcoryan.com. His speaking and consulting give Marco plenty of opportunity to travel use his photography. His passion is [...]
“Shares well with others.” or “Like it? Link it!”
Over the past few weeks, I have been having several conversations with photographers about sharing images and about copyright. I will be sharing two of these with you in upcoming Depth of Field interviews. The first is with Marco Ryan with Focus for Humanity; Marco explained in simple terms the principles and philosophy behind net [...]
Red Shirts and Black Smoke
I had a great day yesterday hanging out with Gavin Gough and Marco Ryan in Bangkok. We are working on the details of a new foundation that will soon be announced. More to come on that in the days ahead. But while here, Gavin invited Marco and me along as he continued his series on [...]
I shoot for mostly NGOs and nonprofits. I photograph images of the unknown, the forgotten and the helpless. These are often the stories that most people overlook. 
